Knowledge is power - a statement we often throw around a little lightly when it comes to emphasizing the importance of knowledge. But how is it that we use knowledge and power interchangeably when, at first glance, they are completely different things? The reason is understandable: We only have the power to take matters into our own hands and change them if we have the necessary knowledge at our disposal.
This applies to our private lives just as much as it does to our jobs. After all, we can only make progress - as individuals and as a company - if the knowledge we need to do our job is available in our professional environment . Not surprising in itself. And yet it is astonishing how much knowledge is lost in companies because employees simply cannot find it. Either it is hidden in the heads of individual employees and is only retrieved (but repeatedly) when colleagues ask for it. Or it has been documented once, but not properly filed or passed on. And even if the required knowledge is available to all employees in the LMS or another source, the (text) format is often not suitable for providing direct answers to specific questions.
It is clear that sharing knowledge within the company is no fun. Neither for the colleagues who want to pass on their knowledge, nor for those who are looking for important information. High time to change something!
How can we improve knowledge transfer in companies?
Many companies entrust the further training of their employees to specialized trainers and L&D experts. And that makes perfect sense. After all, they are trained in didactics and methodology as well as the special features of corporate learning and have the relevant expert knowledge. But time and budgets are finite. And so is the scope of the knowledge content that the experts can prepare and impart. This makes it all the more valuable when companies can draw on the experience, knowledge and skills of their own employees. Managers also recognize this potential: according to a study, knowledge sharing and on-the-job learning are the top priorities in corporate learning for almost half of specialist and management positions. And this so-called informal learning - in contrast to formal training and courses - already covers 80% of learning needs in companies.
It only becomes problematic when repeatedly answering colleagues' questions threatens to take up more time than working hours allow. It would be better to collect all the important information once and be able to pass it on on-demand, wouldn't it?
Then we have good news for you and your colleagues: Time-consuming documentation or repeated one-on-one meetings are now a thing of the past. With SlidePresenter, we provide you with a tool that makes knowledge transfer easier, faster and more intuitive!
From presentation to imitation: Learning with video content
Back in 2014, founder and Global Industry Analyst Josh Bersin described video as the "new text": A medium that doesn't just describe how something works, but shows it directly. Videos have been proven to have a greater impact and attract more attention than other formats. This is why video-based learning is an undisputed trend in corporate learning.
And creating video content is not as time-consuming as you might think! Digital technologies and modern software make it much easier to record and edit content. In no time at all, every employee can become a creator of helpful knowledge content.
Benefit from the knowledge of your employees!
All you have to do now is empower your employees to share their individual knowledge - so that every colleague can benefit from it. And that's where we come in: SlidePresenter is the leading enterprise video platform for employee-generated content.
Thanks to the intuitive user interface, all employees can produce attractive videos in just a few minutes: from a quick click tutorial to internal onboarding and product training. Thanks to functions such as quizzes or surveys, even interactive content can be produced extremely easily. And it's not just the creation and editing that is quick, but also the distribution within the company. In this way, every employee can contribute to making knowledge transfer in your company smarter and more efficient.
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